1) Horsehide leather 2) Leather 3) Shade of brown 4) Soft leather 5) Variety of leather
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1) Spanish
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[color] Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Cordoba, Spain, where the production of shell cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century. The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing, leather in particular. The first recorded us...
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soft goatskin leather
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• (n.) Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
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(from the article `shoe`) ...goatskin, is used for women`s dress shoes and men`s slippers. Sheepskin is used in linings and slippers. Reptile leathers (alligator, lizard, and ...
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Cor'do·van (kôr'do*v> acr/n)
noun [ Spanish
cordoban , from
Cordova , or
Cordoba , in Spain. Confer
Cordwain .] Same as
Cordwain . In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
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Cordovan is a fine leather which took its name from the Spanish city of Cordova where it was manufactured in large quantities. Since the late 19th century much cordovan has been made in Northern Africa and the Levant.
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n] - a fine leather originally made in Cordoba Spain
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The shell of a horsehide, often tanned with a sulphur tannage. As such it was a soft vegetable tanned leather first made in Cordoba in Spain, and followed by goat, sheep and pigskin leathers with a similar formula. Cordovan leather has good wearing characteristics, and is non porous. The horse product still tends to be called 'shell cordoban leathe...
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noun a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
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A leather derived from a horses skin. This is a tougher fabric than
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a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain. · (l.c.) a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc.
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